Turfing in Wigan
New lawns and turf laying done properly. Full ground preparation, quality topsoil and fresh cultivated turf that roots in and stays green. Around seven miles from our Leigh base.
Turfing for Wigan Gardens
Wigan lawns come to us in two states: old and worn out, or new and never right. The worn-out ones, compacted, mossy, more weed than grass, get stripped back to soil, levelled and relaid with fresh cultivated turf. The never-right ones tend to be on newer estates, where the ground beneath the grass was never prepared to grow anything.
We cover Wigan and the surrounding area: Scholes, Whelley, Swinley, Beech Hill, Worsley Mesnes and beyond (WN1, WN2, WN3, WN6).
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What’s Included
Whatever the lawn, the answer is the same: honest ground work before a single roll goes down. We grade the soil, firm it in stages and feed it, because turf laid over lumpy or starved ground looks good for a fortnight and then tells on you.
- Full ground preparation: old lawn stripped, ground rotavated and levelled
- Screened topsoil supplied and graded to the right depth
- Fresh cultivated lawn turf, laid the day it’s delivered
- Failed new-build lawns dug out and relaid properly
- Edges trimmed cleanly around beds, paths and patios
- Clear watering and aftercare advice so the lawn takes
How It Works
Turfing in Wigan, FAQs
Yes, levelling is part of most turfing jobs we do. Minor humps and hollows are graded out as standard; a bigger change of level might want a sleeper edge or a small retaining detail, which we can price alongside the turf.
Give it three to four weeks in the growing season. Once it has rooted and had its first couple of cuts it will take normal family use. We leave simple watering instructions that make all the difference.
Spring and autumn are ideal, because the ground is warm and there’s usually enough rain to help the turf root. That said, turf can be laid most of the year as long as the ground isn’t frozen. Summer laying is fine too. It just needs a strict watering routine while it establishes.
Keep off it for around three weeks, until the roots have knitted into the soil. A gentle tug on a corner tells you. If it lifts, it needs longer. If it holds firm, it’s rooted. The first cut comes once it’s established, with the mower on a high setting.
Almost always, yes. New-build lawns usually fail because there’s compacted subsoil and buried rubble under a thin layer of topsoil, so the grass has nothing to root into and the ground either waterlogs or bakes. We dig out the old lawn and debris, break up the compaction, bring in a proper depth of topsoil and relay with fresh turf.